SI's gutsiest and wimpiest schedules

[shotGINN]

so can someone explain to me how louisiana lafayette and rice have propelled texas to the number 3 gutsiest schedule? or are we just that good


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[OilerBuck]

Originally Posted by shotGINN

so can someone explain to me how louisiana lafayette and rice have propelled texas to the number 3 gutsiest schedule? or are we just that good http://premium.si.cnn.com/pr/subs2/s...829/index.html

You'd probably get more responses if anyone actually subscribed to SI Premium.

...or maybe I'm the only cheap one here.

[BuckeyeNation27]

Originally Posted by OilerBuck

You'd probably get more responses if anyone actually subscribed to SI Premium.

...or maybe I'm the only cheap one here.

I'm cheap too. I dont even have enough to subscribe to BP Premium.

or is that still a secret?

[martinss01]

coolest looking please subscribe to our pay service page ever!

[exhawg]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeNation27

I'm cheap too. I dont even have enough to subscribe to BP Premium.

or is that still a secret?

Shut up. How did you find out about that anyway?

[FKAGobucks877]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeNation27

I'm cheap too. I dont even have enough to subscribe to BP Premium.

or is that still a secret?

Aw, come on now, isn't the special discounted offer of $49.99 still good?

[daddyphatsacs]

I think anyone has balls if they venture to the Shoe for a night game..........that automatically puts them in the top five in my book..

[HorninFortWorth]

Originally Posted by daddyphatsacs

I think anyone has balls if they venture to the Shoe for a night game..........that automatically puts them in the top five in my book..

Agreed. Out of 3 nonconference games for one of them to be at Ohio State is good enough for me.

[Wingate1217]

You just have to laugh at some of these publications. I just read the Sporting News special college football issue and they had OSU's SOS at 9 out of 11 teams. The list:

1. Minnesota
2. Iowa
3. MSU
4. NW
5. Wisky
6. Scum
7. Illinois
8. Purdue
9. OSU
10. Indiana
11. Penn State

Don't get me started on their coaching rankings........

[BB73]

The simple act of stating that Purdue's schedule is easier than tOSU's this year should certify their idiocy permanently.

[AJHawkfan]

Originally Posted by FKAGobucks877

Aw, come on now, isn't the special discounted offer of $49.99 still good?

Yeah, it's still good, but you'd better hurry. The price is normally $77.......you never know when it might go back.

[sandgk]

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<TABLE class=cnnTMbox cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=550 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=cnnIEBoxTitle>THE WIMPIEST</TD></TR><TR><TD class=cnnTMcontent><!-- tabled content area --><TABLE class=cnnTM cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">1. TEXAS TECH (21) Florida International, Sam Houston State (I-AA), Indiana State (I-AA)</TD></TR><TR class=cnnIERowAltBG><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">With not one but two Division I-AA home games, plus a third against a team in its first year of I-A, the Red Raiders (above) easily earn this distinction. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">2. PENN STATE (NR) South Florida, Cincinnati, Central Michigan</TD></TR><TR class=cnnIERowAltBG><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">There's an easy explanation for the Nittany Lions' scheduling three cupcakes at home: Penn State has gone 0-5 in nonconference road games over the past five seasons. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">3. WASHINGTON STATE (NR) Idaho, at Nevada, Grambling State (I-AA)</TD></TR><TR class=cnnIERowAltBG><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">This easy slate should take some of the sting out of having to go on the road to play Pac-10 rivals Cal and USC. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">4. ALABAMA (24) Middle Tennessee State, Southern Miss, Utah State</TD></TR><TR class=cnnIERowAltBG><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">The Tide should roll early. Even their SEC schedule is home-loaded with Arkansas, Florida, Tennessee and LSU coming to Tuscaloosa. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">5. OKLAHOMA STATE (NR) Montana State (I-AA), at Florida Atlantic, Arkansas State</TD></TR><TR class=cnnIERowAltBG><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">The Cowboys look like bottom-feeders, picking on two of the lowest-ratedDivision I-A programs. New coach Mike Gundy breathes a sigh of relief.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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Gutsiest
<TABLE class=cnnTMbox cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=550 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=cnnIEBoxTitle>THE GUTSIEST</TD></TR><TR><TD class=cnnTMcontent><!-- tabled content area --><TABLE class=cnnTM cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">1. NOTRE DAME (AP RANK: NR) Nonconference games: Does not apply</TD></TR><TR class=cnnIERowAltBG><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">The independent Fighting Irish (above) have a schedule that is in a class by itself. They have dates with five Top 25 teams: visits to Pitt, Michigan and Purdue, plus home games against USC and Tennessee. Notre Dame's "weak" opponents? BYU, Stanford (on the road) and Syracuse. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">2. USC (1) at Hawaii, Arkansas, at Notre Dame, Fresno State</TD></TR><TR class=cnnIERowAltBG><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">Two nonconference games on the road is a rarity this fall for a major conference school -- and the home game against Fresno State (following a visit to Cal) will be no easy W. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">3. TEXAS (2) Louisiana-Lafayette, at Ohio State, Rice</TD></TR><TR class=cnnIERowAltBG><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">In a year when the Longhorns are a national championship contender, the Sept. 10 trip to Columbus is a big risk. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">4. ARKANSAS (NR) Southwest Missouri State, at USC, Louisiana-Monroe</TD></TR><TR class=cnnIERowAltBG><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">No team in the SEC has a tougher nonconference road game than the Hogs' Sept. 17 matchup against the Trojans. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">5. GEORGIA TECH (NR) at Auburn, Connecticut, Georgia</TD></TR><TR class=cnnIERowAltBG><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">If that triumvirate isn't daunting enough, the Yellow Jackets get no respite in their ACC itinerary, which features dates at Miami and Virginia Tech. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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Discuss among yourselves:

[buckeyeboy]

USC is #2 on gutsiest? Give me a break. They should be #1 on wimpiest. The media's suck up to USC continues...

Someone name one team that they'll play out of conference that is half-decent. Miami of Ohio is better than anyone on their list.

[JCOSU86]

I wouldn't be surprised to see the Bobcats of Montana State upset the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

[BuckeyeNation27]

1. NOTRE DAME (AP RANK: NR) Nonconference games: Does not applyThe independent Fighting Irish (above) have a schedule that is in a class by itself. They have dates with five Top 25 teams: visits to Pitt, Michigan and Purdue, plus home games against USC and Tennessee. Notre Dame's "weak" opponents? BYU, Stanford (on the road) and Syracuse.

i swear to god people just say this because they heard somebody say it last year.

For one thing, Purdue isn't that great. The reason people are predicting them to do so good is (say it with me now) they miss OSU and mich. That has no effect on them playing ND.

Second, their "weak" games are BYU, Stanford, Syracuse, Washington, and Navy. ALL THOSE TEAMS SUCK DICK.

yeah thats the hardest schedule in the country.